Russian drone recovered on Polish Baltic coast blocks X-ray screening
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Gerbera drone (Photo: State Border Guard Service)
Polish military specialists are examining an intact Russian drone whose skin blocked X-ray scans, radio station RMF FM reported on Sept. 15.
The Polish armed forces are attempting to inspect a Russian unmanned aerial vehicle recovered in West Pomeranian Voivodeship. The airframe survived in remarkably good condition, though its material composition is severely complicating explosive clearance procedures.
Military ordnance disposal technicians attempted to scan the drone utilizing specialized X-ray equipment, but the craft's external skin blocked the X-rays, preventing experts from definitively verifying its internal components.
Polish defense services are identifying alternative diagnostic methods to examine and safely neutralize the drone if necessary. Military personnel are determined to avoid a controlled detonation, as an almost undamaged Russian UAV represents an invaluable source of operational intelligence regarding Russian military technology.
"This represents a source of direct knowledge about Russian engineering for us, so we must take every possible step to avoid destroying the drone," military sources told RMF FM.
Specialists have confirmed that the aircraft poses no radiological, biological, or chemical hazard.
The drone washed ashore along the Polish coastline a day earlier. Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz indicated that mounting technical data suggests the airframe is a newly developed variant of Russia’s Gerbera drone system. Preliminary flight reconstruction suggests the craft entered Polish airspace from Russian territory by transiting across Lithuania.
Initial assessments indicate the platform carried no primary warhead. However, investigators suspect it may be equipped with a compact internal self-destruct explosive charge designed to detonate upon capture — a hazard Polish bomb technicians are actively attempting to confirm and neutralize during technical analysis.
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